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The Problem of Billy Budd
When a monumental new edition of Billy Budd appeared in 1962, it was the hope of the editors that their exhaustive scholarship might contribute to a definitive interpretation of the novel. Such a wish might seem unnecessarily restrictive, but the extreme critical divergence on Billy Budd has created...
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Published in: | PMLA : Publications of the Modern Language Association of America 1965-12, Vol.80 (5), p.489-498 |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Summary: | When a monumental new edition of
Billy Budd
appeared in 1962, it was the hope of the editors that their exhaustive scholarship might contribute to a definitive interpretation of the novel. Such a wish might seem unnecessarily restrictive, but the extreme critical divergence on
Billy Budd
has created a genuine threat to its artistic integrity as a result of its apparent failure to support a demonstrable reading. This essay is an attempt to end the war, or to make the end more predictable. |
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ISSN: | 0030-8129 1938-1530 |
DOI: | 10.2307/460840 |